Date: 04/30/2002

Number: 1

The Official Journey North Garden at our offices blooomed today!

They emerged on April 9, 21 days ago.

Here are records from previous years:

Year	Emerged	Bloomed	Days from Emerge to Bloom
2002	9-Apr	30-Apr	21 days
2001	7-Apr	28-Apr	21 days
2000	22-Mar	25-Apr	34 days
1999	1-Apr	29-Apr	28 days
1998	24-Mar	23-Apr	30 days
1997	5-Apr	2-May	27 days
1996	17-Apr	11-May	24 days

Our cold April temperatures in 2000 probably explain why it took 34 days from emerge to bloom that year:

Wayzata, MN

Latitude: 45 Longitude: -93.5

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